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To be eligible for retirement benefits at the Omega Corporation, the sum of an employee's age, in years, and the number of years employment must be at least 70. If x, where x <70, is a certain employee's age when hired and y is the minimum number of years of employment required for the employee to be eligible for retirement benefits, which of the following equations represents the relationship between x and y?

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Employee's age + years of employment = 70At the joining his age was y years and he did job y years. So, the employee's current age = y+y = 2y(employee's age when hired + years of employment) + years of employment = 70(x + y ) + y =70x + 2y =70
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What is the OA? I think its B. I tried plugging in #'s real quickly to see if it could be the other eqns but did not get it. I tried to keep my time below 2 mins

OA is D.

To be eligible for retirement benefits at the Omega Corporation, the sum of an employee's age, in years, and the number of years employment must be at least 70. If x, where x <70, is a certain employee's age when hired and y is the minimum number of years of employment required for the employee to be eligible for retirement benefits, which of the following equations represents the relationship between x and y?A. xy = 70 B. x + y = 70 C. 2x + y = 70 D. x + 2y = 70 E. 2x + 2y = 70

To be eligible for benefits {age}+{employment years} must be at least 70;

We are told that when a certain employee was hired he was x years old and that the he needed minimum y years to be eligible for benefits.

Now, after y years of employment, when the employee will be be eligible for benefits, the employee will be x+y years old and will have y years of employment, thus {age after y years}+{employment years}=(x+y)+y=x+2y=70.

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What is the OA? I think its B. I tried plugging in #'s real quickly to see if it could be the other eqns but did not get it. I tried to keep my time below 2 mins

OA is D.

To be eligible for retirement benefits at the Omega Corporation, the sum of an employee's age, in years, and the number of years employment must be at least 70. If x, where x <70, is a certain employee's age when hired and y is the minimum number of years of employment required for the employee to be eligible for retirement benefits, which of the following equations represents the relationship between x and y?A. xy = 70 B. x + y = 70 C. 2x + y = 70 D. x + 2y = 70 E. 2x + 2y = 70

To be eligible for benefits {age}+{employment years} must be at least 70;

We are told that when a certain employee was hired he was x years old and that the he needed minimum y years to be eligible for benefits.

Now, after y years of employment, when the employee will be be eligible for benefits, the employee will be x+y years old and will have y years of employment, thus {age after y years}+{employment years}=(x+y)+y=x+2y=70.

Answer: D.

Hi Bunuel.. I couldn't understand that after having y years of experience how is the person left with y employment years only..If we take numerical values how can both the 'y' be same? Guess i din't understand the question well..Can you please explain it a bit more

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What is the OA? I think its B. I tried plugging in #'s real quickly to see if it could be the other eqns but did not get it. I tried to keep my time below 2 mins

OA is D.

To be eligible for retirement benefits at the Omega Corporation, the sum of an employee's age, in years, and the number of years employment must be at least 70. If x, where x <70, is a certain employee's age when hired and y is the minimum number of years of employment required for the employee to be eligible for retirement benefits, which of the following equations represents the relationship between x and y?A. xy = 70 B. x + y = 70 C. 2x + y = 70 D. x + 2y = 70 E. 2x + 2y = 70

To be eligible for benefits {age}+{employment years} must be at least 70;

We are told that when a certain employee was hired he was x years old and that the he needed minimum y years to be eligible for benefits.

Now, after y years of employment, when the employee will be be eligible for benefits, the employee will be x+y years old and will have y years of employment, thus {age after y years}+{employment years}=(x+y)+y=x+2y=70.

Answer: D.

Hi Bunuel.. I couldn't understand that after having y years of experience how is the person left with y employment years only..If we take numerical values how can both the 'y' be same? Guess i din't understand the question well..Can you please explain it a bit more

Let me ask you a question: if a person was hired y years ago, how many years of employment does he have NOW?

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28 Apr 2017, 06:16

mistahfold wrote:

To be eligible for retirement benefits at the Omega Corporation, the sum of an employee's age, in years, and the number of years employment must be at least 70. If x, where x <70, is a certain employee's age when hired and y is the minimum number of years of employment required for the employee to be eligible for retirement benefits, which of the following equations represents the relationship between x and y?

A. xy = 70B. x + y = 70C. 2x + y = 70D. x + 2y = 70E. 2x + 2y = 70

D is the answer.. x is the age when employee was hired & y is no. of minimum years he must serve to get the benefits...so, present age of the employee=x+y...now, according to the the question the eligibility criteria to get benefits is sum of present age & years of service ,i.e, (x+y)+y =>x+2y... hope it helps

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04 Sep 2017, 07:57

Ans is D:

current age \(= x\)age at retirement = current age + number of years worked \(= x+ y\)for benefit employer age + number of year worked \(>= 70\)which implies , \(x+y + y >= 70\)therefore \(x+2y >=70\)Hence Option D
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